diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index da494e4b..685b5687 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -80,12 +80,15 @@ HISTORY
 
  ++ Bugfixes:
 
+  2013-01-15: Simon Goldschmidt
+  * ip4.c: fixed bug #37665 ip_canforward operates on address in wrong byte order
+
   2013-01-15: Simon Goldschmidt
   * pbuf.h: fixed bug #38097 pbuf_free_ooseq() warning
- 
+
   2013-01-14: Simon Goldschmidt
   * dns.c: fixed bug #37705 Possible memory corruption in DNS query
- 
+
   2013-01-11: Simon Goldschmidt
   * raw.c: fixed bug #38066 Raw pcbs can alter packet without eating it
 
diff --git a/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c b/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
index 642d32a6..4b38999c 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv4/ip4.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ip_route(ip_addr_t *dest)
 static int
 ip_canforward(struct pbuf *p)
 {
-  u32_t addr = ip4_addr_get_u32(ip_current_dest_addr());
+  u32_t addr = htonl(ip4_addr_get_u32(ip_current_dest_addr()));
 
   if (p->flags & PBUF_FLAG_LLBCAST) {
     /* don't route link-layer broadcasts */